Specter scoffs at Santorum's endorsement claim — Former Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter said Thursday that Rick Santorum got his facts wrong when he said that he endorsed Specter only after securing a promise that Specter would support GOP Supreme Court nominees.

In Arizona, GOP debates end on low point — MESA, Ariz. — Rick Santorum suspects something is up between Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. Santorum had a tough night at the 20th, and likely last, Republican debate, held here at the Mesa Arts Center. He took a lot of attacks from Romney and a few from Paul …

Exclusive: Marco Rubio's Mormon Roots — As a child, he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ticket balancing is a great tradition, and this could affect Romney's Vice Presidential calculation. — Do Rubio's Mormon roots complicate the Republican's electable dream ticket?

Three things you didn't know about Marco Rubio — From vice-presidential shortlister to auto-biographer, Marco Rubio is gaining the type of nationwide attention that most freshmen U.S. Senators only dream of. — Late last year, Rubio announced he inked a book deal with Sentinel …

Pelosi hits GOP at contraception hearing — House Democrats kept pressing their case on contraception Thursday, using a hearing on the issue to hammer the GOP and frame the debate around women's health. — Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) organized the hearing after an Oversight Committee panel …

Politico Sends In The Clowns — In the course of thumping Gingrich Alexander Burns of Politico delivers a howler: — Newt: Media never asked Obama about ‘infanticide’ - except it did (UPDATE: Or did it?) — That is quite an UPDATE. As if to illustrate Newt's point that the Elite Media turned …

Romney Misquotes George Costanza — In his opening remarks at the Arizona debate, Mitt Romney stepped on his own applause and tried to throw in a Seinfeld reference for cover. Unfortunately, he got the quote and the speaker wrong. — Source: youtube.com — Romney, tonight at the Arizona debate (one he's used before:

Heck: Romney wrong on foreclosures — GOP Rep. Joe Heck, an early endorser of Mitt Romney for president, said this week that the presidential hopeful is wrong on the housing market in Nevada, a sharp break from the man he has embraced and a shift from where the congressman was last year.

Obama: Use ‘algae’ as substitute for oil — President Obama admitted today that he does not have a “silver bullet” solution for skyrocketing gas prices, but he proposed alternative energy sources such as “a plant-like substance, algae” as a way of cutting dependence on oil by 17 percent.

Allen West fills Hummer, blames Obama — Rep. Allen West says he is not happy that he had to spend $70 this week to fill up the gas tank of his Hummer, and he's directing his anger at President Barack Obama. — “People have asked me before is there any area where I could praise President Obama?

A secret history of the 2008 campaign — Modern political conventions are notoriously stage-managed events, scripted, vetted and produced for television. But on Aug. 27, 2008, the climactic scene nearly went horribly awry. — According to a careful plan negotiated between the Clinton …

Unplanned Parenthood — Illegitimacy and the liberal elite. — (Best of the tube tonight: We'll appear on Fox Business's “Lou Dobbs Tonight.” The program starts at 7 p.m. ET, with our panel around 7:40.) — Social issues are so fascinating for the same reason debates over them are so often dull …

TPM2012 — GOP Rep: I'd Have To Personally Kill Some Senators To Get The Ryan Budget Passed (AUDIO) — Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) sent TPM a public apology Thursday after we obtained audio of the five-term Republican telling constituents at a town hall this week that he'd have to personally shoot members …

Rielle Hunter Settles John Edwards Sex Tape Suit — The long-running court battle over a sexually explicit videotape featuring former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and his mistress, Rielle Hunter, has been settled out of court today and all copies of the tape will be destroyed, ABC News has learned.

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